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Slideshow: 2023 Vaccine Approvals

Drug Topics

Vaccine approvals included two immunizations for RSV and a new pentavalent meningococcal shot.

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Recommended Immunization Schedules for 2023

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The updates include new recommendations for COVID-19 and pneumococcal vaccines.

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Five Things For Pharmacists To Know About Measles in 2025

IDStewardship

Although I have practiced in the area of infectious diseases pharmacy for quite a while now, measles has not been of much clinical relevance to me beyond MMR for routine vaccination. Vaccination is the best way to prevent measles This is an obvious one, but necessary to state right out the gate. MMR is given in 2 doses.

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STAT+: Dreams of cancer vaccines are becoming more real. Here are 9 scientists making it happen 

STAT

Vaccines are the original immunotherapy, in the view of Ryan Sullivan, a cancer immunotherapy researcher and oncologist at Mass General Cancer Center. But many other modes of immunotherapy for cancer were approved first — checkpoint blockade drugs like Keytruda and engineered immune cell therapies like Yescarta.

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New Vaccines Enable Pharmacies to Become Immunization Destinations

Pharmacy Times

For community pharmacists, cooler temperatures, school buses on the roads and Friday night football are not just signs of a changing season – they are indicators that patients will soon be seeking vaccinations for the 2023-2024 respiratory illness season.

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CDC’s ACIP Votes in Favor of Universal Recommendation for 2023-2024 Monovalent COVID-19 Vaccines

Pharmacy Times

The CDC emphasized the need for protein-based vaccine options in endorsing a vote by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices for the universal recommendation of the 2023-2024 monovalent, XBB containing COVID-19 vaccines.

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2023 ACIP Updates for Immunizations in Adults and Children: What Pharmacists Need to Know

Pharmacy Times

Pharmacists who immunize must ensure their knowledge about routine vaccinations for adults and children is up-to-date by reviewing the changes to the immunization schedule each year.